UniProt functional annotation for P36952

UniProt code: P36952.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: Tumor suppressor. It blocks the growth, invasion, and metastatic properties of mammary tumors. As it does not undergo the S (stressed) to R (relaxed) conformational transition characteristic of active serpins, it exhibits no serine protease inhibitory activity.
 
Subunit: Interacts with IRF6. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16049006}.
Subcellular location: Secreted, extracellular space.
Tissue specificity: Normal mammary epithelial cells.
Similarity: Belongs to the serpin family. Ov-serpin subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.